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Razia Sulthana
Please provide with primary sources that mention that Razia Sultana was killed by Hindus. ShivaChatrapati (talk) 19:03, 28 April 2021 (UTC).
- The article cites a secondary source (K. A. Nizami), which cites Minhaj-i-Siraj. Have a look at WP:PRIMARYSOURCES. utcursch | talk 00:57, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Content moderation.
I saw you have undone my editing in the article of Alauddin Khilji. You should have noticed that I had cited 4 reliable sources with my edit. The same sources have been cited in many other articles too. Also providing the theme characteristics and information in the beginning of the article gives a clear picture to the reader while following/reading the article. I hope you would restored my edit. Thanks. Friendly Batman (talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Friendly Batman: As mentioned in my edit summary, the lead is a summary of the content sourced in the article body: see WP:CITELEAD. Alauddin's treatment of Hindus is already discussed in the lead a few sentences later. utcursch | talk 14:23, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
The current lead of the article is insignificant part of the history and was not even major (or sub major) theme of the rule of Alauddin. That is why I edited the article to provide the legit information theme in the beginning which can be discussed in the article body. I say this as an academic and history graduate. I request you again to restore my edit and make this platform a source of information and knowledge. Thanks. Friendly Batman (talk) 17:27, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
- You can propose your changes on the talk page. If you are indeed a "history graduate" as you claim, you would know that any decent scholarly book that cover's Alauddin's reign discusses in detail his reforms, which you removed. The bits that you added (assassination of his predecessor and attitude towards Hindus) are already present in the lead, a few sentences later. utcursch | talk 19:27, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Regarding CHAHAMANAS OF SHAKAMBARI
Good morning Mr utcursh , I'm ABHAYRAJ SINGH CHAUHAN 42nd descendant of samrata Prithviraj Chauhan, yesterday I edited the list of rulers in the page CHAHAMANAS OF SHAKAMBARI ). Which has been removed today , i have written record of list of rulers because I belong to their family, I request to kindly edit it again.If you want proof you can contact me on my WhatsApp No +917976343991. Potusa1 (talk) 11:08, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
- I doubt that you are the 42nd descendant of Prithviraj Chauhan: there are thousands of Indians who claim descent from famous kings, and nearly all of these clams are bogus. Even if your claim was true, you should not be making these edits per Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Have a look at WP:V and WP:RS. utcursch | talk 14:50, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
Content Removal
I have just seen that you have added the Cynthia tablot reference again to the Rajput Dynasties page, I have already shown you the evidence and that annotation of Rajbut to Rajput is accepted by all historians, just because you think it isn't trustworthy it doesn't make it so. Same view is given by Historian Yogendra Mishra as well. Are you a greater historian than them? Bhojpal1234 (talk) 06:39, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Take it to talk page per WP:BRD. The source that you've cited just includes an excerpt from Henry Miers Elliot's The History of India, where equivalence of "Rahbut" to "Rajput" is marked as uncertain with a question mark. The author doesn't comment on the accuracy of this identification. "Kandahar is called the country of the Rajput"? Really? utcursch | talk 14:53, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
I have recently seen that you are constantly reverting my edits though I provided reference links with the edits I made, the reference link was of esteemed historian CV Vaidya, while you are providing me a link of Cynthia Talbot, who is a foreign author and have visited India only once.
I also showed you that she was wrong about presence of Rajput Identity, before 12th century, to which you said that the meaning is not clear, maybe the meaning is not clear to you but all the historians like CV Vaidya and Yogendra Mishra have taken that as Rajput only. That's not my personal commentary.
I hope you will try to understand historians view on the matter and won't include your personal biases on such matters.
- Already explained above. CV Vaidya hasn't commented on the accuracy of the identification - his book merely reproduces a translation. "Foreign author" is not a reason to mark a source unreliable. utcursch | talk 01:57, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
User:Capchecker
You might want to keep an eye on user:Capchecker's edits.
- here, they posted on my talk page trying to make some childish personalized comment.
- changed referenced information,then removed the source.
- On Afghan-Sikh Wars, Capchecker changes referenced information, replaces source(s) with an unpaged, untitled source. I have asked for clarification for this source on the article talk page and have received no answer. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, will add to my watchlist. utcursch | talk 14:33, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
- I find this unacceptable. --Kansas Bear (talk) 02:50, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Helpful site
Search for books on this site.[1] --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you
Thank you for reverting abhinavs edits at [[2]] This guy also threatened me when I reverted his edits on my talk page Pseudo Nihilist (talk) 12:25, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
Your contributed article, S. P. Balasubramaniam
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Mahar
Hi, Can you check recent edits on Mahar and Battle of Koregaon please? ThanksJonathansammy (talk) 20:14, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
Minor fixes to userscripts
Hey Utcursch, are User:Utcursch/Migrate Infobox Indian Jurisdiction to Infobox settlement/main.js and User:Utcursch/update literacy.js still useful? They both use bare javascript global wg-style variables, which are phab:T72470 deprecated, and while I don't think there's a timeline for their removal, it's been that way for a while. It's usually a straightforward fix, all uses need to use mw.config.get
, such as converting wgTitle
to mw.config.get('wgTitle')
. There's some more info at mw:ResourceLoader/Migration guide (users)#Global wg variables. I can clean them up if you like, but maybe they can be blanked? ~ Amory (u • t • c) 02:52, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Amorymeltzer: Thanks for the heads up. These scripts are obsolete -- I've blanked the pages. utcursch | talk 04:02, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Regarding Spamming, Vandalism and removal of sourced content
Hi Utkarshraj,
I would like to bring your attention to a massive vandalism, discriminatory behaviour and removal of detailed sourced content from a community page : http://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/Khandayat_(caste)
This page is being vandalised by few users, most ones are by named as P. Sitansu and 100to100. (As per the edits history)
This article is regarding a huge diverse community discussing it's history, different categories and present status, while these users are trying to remove the detailed article and putting a small casteist definitions, which is highly discriminatory, and further resorting spamming and vandalising the article.
I would like to know your thoughts in this regard and wondering is it possible for you to intervene and execute your administive rights against this on-going vandalism, possibly issuing a warning or temporary locking the page from reverting of original detailed edits that I just made.
Feel free to share If I'm required to provide any further information in this regard.
Thanking you Sangramz (talk) 17:55, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
- @Sangramz: This is more of a content dispute than vandalism. Much of the content that you reinstated has issues - it cites dead links, books without page numbers, and includes stuff that is outright fake (e.g. an image of Hannibal being presented as that of a Khandayat general). This discussion belongs on the talk page of the article: see Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. utcursch | talk 18:07, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Totally agree. I too have found some issues. I will be coming up with the proper and updated sources ASAP. Sangramz (talk) 18:10, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Sources I take for maps
Hi, I take all the information from many books on History on Google books and JSTOR with great effort, and merge the information together and try to create as accurate maps as I can. This is because like Thomas Lessman, I felt the need for more accurate historic maps. (PS. I am just an 11-year old kid, who has a lot of knowledge on ancient Indian history. I just want Wikipedia to have more good and extensive material on Indian history, especially on the obscure Abhira dynasty, which was created by me. IM HONEST, NO KIDDING HERE) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tulika and Satvik (talk • contribs)
- @Tulika and Satvik: If you've reliable sources for the map boundaries, then you should cite those sources on the image file pages / articles. Many of Thomas Lessman's maps aren't particularly accurate either. There is a reason history books don't have maps for certain kingdoms ~~ there isn't enough information available to determine the boundaries of these kingdoms with a fair degree of certainty. Maps drawn with assumptions may actually end up misleading the readers. utcursch | talk 05:17, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar | ||
I'm giving this barnstar to you for your invaluable and creation and contribution to this [4] the article provide great neutral brief overview to this long debate it's just too great thank you Niger banda (talk) 10:41, 12 February 2021 (UTC) |
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It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. at any time by removing the Nsimire Ruth (talk) 12:05, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Nsimire Ruth: Draft:Iragi Chihebe had been nominated for speedy deletion by another editor, as explained at User talk:Guillaingl#Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Iragi Chihebe. The article was written like an advertisement and not reliably-sourced: the references cited included LinkedIn, Facebook, Apple Music/spotify song links etc. Feel free to re-create it with better sources and content. utcursch | talk 17:56, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
Yes? I think you tagged wrong person Niger banda (talk) 08:34, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry, fixed it. utcursch | talk 06:12, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Anangpal Tomar
Sir, I beleive the article needs protection. IPs keep on adding Jat here. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:46, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Kingdom of Kashmir
Hi Utcursch. I don't think you got the ping, but I included you in a request for administrative help at Talk:Kingdom of Kashmir. Best regards पाटलिपुत्र Pat (talk) 07:51, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
- This seems more of a content dispute that something that requires administrative help. Maybe try Wikipedia:Dispute resolution requests. utcursch | talk 13:18, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Gangaridai
Sir, it is regarding this edit. In good faith, but I'm unable to understand what it is. Can it be salvaged or needs to be reverted? - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:00, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I reverted it. I also tagged a section on "Gandardiae" as off-topic. I think it was cheeky to insert it on this page, without even noting that it is a different name. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 12:16, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Why
Why you change my edit kayastha to ckp you know about kayastha community i am aslo belongs to kayastha and I know better then about kayastha plz don't change my editing Patnapp2 (talk) 20:06, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
Lone caste
Sir, these recent changes seems POV and not adequately sources. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:49, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for bringing it to my attention, reverted to earlier version. utcursch | talk 22:10, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
Nomination of Chuhar Chak for deletion
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I had actually added a source that includes indigenous people also being genocided [5] and could have more, but it seems most have more fun to remove information that are easily citable claiming them unsourced rather than giving a little effort to find and add them? Well this is what Wikipedia has always been reputed for and i will leave it to those in charge to keep it that way without touching that article again. Thank you for the brilliant removal. I wonder if all the other entries there explicitly calls them indigenous, but its a case of "selective improvement" rather than "overall improvement" despite this info also having numerous citable sources that were probably not used by those who originally added this section and as i said, i had added one and was going to add more but its all yours to use your powers to edit the article as you see fit. Thank you and good day honorable Administrator, cheers. Dilbaggg (talk) 14:00, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
- @Dilbaggg: Your source doesn't describe the event as a "genocide of the indigenous people". It includes exactly one statement that mentions the word "indigenous": "the liberation war was fought mostly by civilians – men and women, Muslims, Hindus and non-Bengali Indigenous people." This sentence cannot be used to assert that the event was a genocide of indigenous people, just as it cannot be used to assert that it was a "genocide of men", a "genocide of women", or a "genocide of Muslims".
- Contesting the removal of content on the basis that it was "easily citable" or that the remover should have made the effort to find sources isn't a valid argument: see WP:BURDEN.
- WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS isn't a great argument either - if the other entries don't belong in that article, they should be removed as well.
- Feel free to re-add the section with sources that call the event a genocide of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh, and please limit the content to bits that talk about indigenous people.
- If you want to discuss this further, please do so on the article's talk page, so that other editors can contribute tot he discussion. utcursch | talk 19:17, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala
Sir, there have been some POV edits in the article recently [6]. This particular IP was also involved in the addition of unsourced Tamil POV in March 2019 [7], along with additions by other users, which you ultimately reverted here. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:07, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
- Will keep a watched. Dropped a {{uw-unsourced1}} note on the IP talk page. utcursch | talk 00:10, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Harpal Singh stray refs
Hello,
G'Day,
Wrt:
[stray refs -- what content do these refs support?]
My Reply: "The references support the data I inserted into the infobox"
I am a bit confused as to how to provide references for data within InfoBoxes. Maybe I should 'cite' them in the Infobox itself ?. OR is there some other place where I can insert these references?
Thank you for your time and consideration, SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 08:47, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- @SierraTangoCharlie1: You can insert the refs after each row in infobox parameter, or use the footnotes parameter. I've re-inserted the refs (minus an unreliable one) in front of the footnotes parameter. utcursch | talk 19:14, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Understood. Thank you. But I can 'cite' these references? In the future? Instead of referencing in footnotes? SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 05:18, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, you can cite them immediately after the content they support. utcursch | talk 23:41, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
The article Ahluwalia (caste) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Ahluwalia is not the name of a caste. As stated in the article itself, Ahluwalia is a surname used by the people belonging to the Kalal caste. There already exist articles like Ahluwalia and Kalal. So, the existence of this article is often confusing for the readers.
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vandalism
Hello, G'Day, there is a lot of vandalism going on at this wikipage Adipurush. would you mind having a look. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 19:58, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
- @SierraTangoCharlie1: Will add it to my watchlist. You can request page protection at WP:RFPP if the vandalism persists. utcursch | talk 23:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Regarding locking of a page
This wikipedia page is highly subjected to getting vandalized with fake narratives , as there are false allegations of the tech giants having connections with a specific political party , please consider locking of this wikipedia page: https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Sri_Ram_Sena Vinn03 (talk) 17:25, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Vinn03: Will keep a watch. You can request protection at WP:RfPP. utcursch | talk 17:38, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the Udasin
Hello sir I see that you are an admin and have often edited the current Udasi page as well. Regarding my most recent edit i would like to point out some things regarding the removed part. I dont know to do the quick links like you as I'm m not versed in html or coding so ill do it the old way. You asked me to refer to the wiki code of reliable sources and ill quote from it
https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources
"Wikipedia requires inline citations for any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and for all quotations. If you are new to editing and instead just need a general overview of how sources work, please visit the referencing for beginners help page."
as for the citations
https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations
"The inline citation may be a superscript footnote number, or an abbreviated version of the citation called a short citation. The second necessary part of the citation or reference is the list of full references, which provides complete, formatted detail about the source, so that anyone reading the article can find it and verify it"
The text in question is
"Another Sikh tradition links the Udasis to Baba Gurditta, the eldest son of Guru Hargobind, and there is dispute on whether the Udasis originated with Sri Chand or Gurditta.[5]"
The citation for this information link is/link address is
https://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Udasi&oldid=1025537571#CITEREFOberoi1994
That is my reason for removing the information in the article, as it does not fall in line with the citation guidelines as mentions above.
I would also petition you directly to change the whole artical name from Udasi to Udasin according to the Indian script naming guidelines as described here under modern names and terms.
For links related to the modern name Udasin I will include links, both from newspapers from India as well as judgements made in publicly available court cases.
https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1215790/
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/586f2fd8bc41681f420b6925
https://indianculture.gov.in/archives/petition-nagendra-das-mahant-bavaji-udasin-conjeevaram-sue-ex-maharaja-nabha-civil-court — Preceding unsigned comment added by — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rammuni BadaUdasin (talk • contribs) 15:36, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Rammuni BadaUdasin: The footnote is Udasi#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOberoi199478-5: it links to The Construction of Religious Boundaries on Google Books. As for the article name, you can propose a name change: see Wikipedia:Requested moves/Controversial. utcursch | talk 18:16, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Utcursch: I see the link here and can click it but I dont understand why on the Udasin page when I pull it up the link is not working like that. I get a non-useable link when I pull up the page. very strange
I would also like to note that the book simply says historians debate it, without any reference to said debate. In looking for even a single references/reliable sources to said statement, I can't find a single one. However I can find 20 + reliable sources that point towards Sri Chand being the founder. As per the book publishers own words
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3640357.html
"In this major reinterpretation of religion and society in India, Harjot Oberoi challenges earlier accounts of Sikhism, Hinduism and Islam"
Caste promotion account
Hello, please look at this user he is editing majority particular caste related articles and is heavily using doubtful references. He is Rajput promoting account only. Check his contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:50A6:B843:D402:CE33:C681:83DA (talk) 05:17, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
Banda Singh Bahadur
Hi. Someone changed this article's name to Veer Banda Bairagi. Can you change it back ? Thanks. Whiteatheistgirl (talk) 01:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
hi, wrt this edit -> 1, I believe the original term should be Sher Singh and not Bulbul. I may be wrong but I honestly think Bulbul cant be right. --STC1 (talk) 10:09, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
- It's Bulbul, as supported by several sources (e.g. [8][9]). utcursch | talk 16:18, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
@Utcursch: I'm sorry. It was my mistake. I didn't check. STC1 (talk) 23:17, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
Vandalism
Sir/Madam, there is a lot of vandalism going on at this article Caste system in Nepal. Would you mind having a look. Thank you.Dr.Pinsky (talk) 17:31, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Frequent Vandalism of WP:Jeypore
Hello User:Utcursh, can you please check the Wikipedia page of Jeypore, two editors have been frequently vandalising the page in bad faith by reverting the sourced content with their own perception. Every time they alter the content, they give a misguiding review that they are relating it to the source, which is not true. These users are User:Solarson919 & User:Sangramz. I have reverted their vandalism a couple of times, but now it’s too much. They have been altering it again and again. Please have a look when free. Regards. Odiahistory (talk) 05:25, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
You're using unreliable sources Solarson919 (talk) 06:01, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
For your information, firstly that is a government website source so pretty much reliable (check Wikipedia policy on sources) and secondly I did not add that source, it was already there and how many sources did you add ? Which mentions it as a small tribal kingdom, Do you have any ? Odiahistory (talk) 06:33, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
- @Odiahistory: Government websites aren't automatically reliable sources. Do you really think that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's website is a reliable source? Or the West Bengal's government for the history of Rasgulla? Or for Wikipedia to use either West Bengal or Odisha as the definitive source for the Jayadeva birth controversy? Doug Weller talk 11:14, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Okay thanks for clarifying, I will add other sources in free time. Odiahistory (talk) 11:41, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Why are you inactive
Come back wikipedia needs neutral editor like you to fix up búllshit which is rampant here.only your intervention can save wikipedia from being bullshit it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.106.199.153 (talk • contribs)
- Sorry, I'm busy with multiple things outside of Wikipedia right now. You can get other editors to help you at Wikipedia:Village pump or specific noticeboards. utcursch | talk 02:55, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Removed:(Outdated page)
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Requesting inputs
Greetings,
- Hi, I'm User:Bookku a discussion about the sourced content is underway @ Talk:Minar-e-Pakistan#En masse public molestation and sexual violence against women. Previously you seem to have edited article Women in Pakistan. Your inputs are requested and awaited. Thanks and warm regards Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 14:15, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
October 2021
There is repeated changing of words on the page Yaduvanshi I have edited it again as per the source, But some racist people are repeatedly removed source information विक्रम सिंह बनाफर (talk) 02:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
- Your additions duplicate content from Yadu (legendary king), which is why others appear to have turned the page into a redirect. utcursch | talk 16:28, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Missing cites in India-related articles
The article cites several short references without a corresponding source listed in the bibliography. Can you please add? Also, strongly suggest installing a script to highlight such errors in the future. All you need to do is copy and paste importScript('User:Svick/HarvErrors.js'); // Backlink: [[User:Svick/HarvErrors.js]]
to your common.js page.
- Market reforms of Alauddin Khalji
- "Peter Jackson 2003"
- "Satish Chandra 2014" - or is that a typo in year?
- "Satish Chandra 2014" - or is that a typo in year?
- "Richard M. Eaton 2001" - does not appear to be a typo in year based on page numbers
- Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Devagiri
- "A. S. Altekar 1960"
- "S. Digby 1990"
- "Abraham Eraly 2015"
- "Shanti Sadiq Ali 1996"
- "Stephen Meredyth Edwardes 1902"
- Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat
- "Z. A. Desai 1975"
- "H. G. Shastri 1989"
- Rana Sanga
- "Satish Chandra 2014"
- Delhi Sultanate
- "Ludden 2002"
- "Satish Chandra 2014" - or is that a typo in year?
- "Pacey 2000"
- " Habib 2011" - or is this supposed be Economic History of Medieval India (ref number 164)?
Thanks, Renata•3 01:19, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks, some of these are not result of my edits, but I've fixed them anyway. Not sure about the last two refs for Delhi Sultanate. utcursch | talk 16:26, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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Can you rollback the edits on Rantasimha page to my edit because some bad edits have been made.
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Hi Utcursch,
Could you please protect and lock the user pages of my present and previous account indefinitely? The link to my previous account is in the current user page.
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- User pages are already protected from IP editors and unconfirmed accounts. See WP:UPROT. utcursch | talk 18:04, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hi sir, it is regarding these changes. Is Kalhana reliable in that case? - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:37, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
- Looks like the user was blocked as a sock and the edit was undone. utcursch | talk 04:58, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
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Amruteshwar Temple
Thank you for taking the time to thank me for editing the article. Apart from a very light copy edit, I wikilinked a number of unfamiliar words, reasoning that I was probably not the only one that needed to look them up. I was however unable to identify “antaral” and “kichak hastas”, beyond surmising from context that these are architectural details. Possibly you can help with those? If they don’t have articles at en.wikipedia, possibly in another language? If not it’s all good, thanks for your time Elinruby (talk) 04:55, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Elinruby: I linked antarala ("antaral" is a modern spelling with schwa deletion), but I'm not sure what "kichak hastas" (literally ""Kichaka hands"?) - I have tagged it with {{clarification needed}}. utcursch | talk 05:07, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
- thanks. Elinruby (talk) 05:33, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
On the article of Siyaka
When I saw your edit 10th June 2022. According to scollars he was a vassal or feudatory of the Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna III in his earlier career. And his son's (Vakpati Munja) inscription of Dhrmapuri copper plate mentions dapakas name as Kaṇhapaika (which is also dapaka of Siyaka in his 969 Ahmedabad copper plate inscription) and in next inscription of 980 Ujjain grant and 981-982 Gaonri copper plates the dapaka's name is mentioned as Rudraditya (which also name of prime minister of Vakpati Munja). That's why I edited article like that on 16 December 2021. Srimant ROSHAN (talk) 05:59, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- @Srimant ROSHAN: The source doesn't suggest that "dapaka" means "prime minister". The meaning of the term is not certain, but various scholars associate it with a role specific to the inscritpion (e.g. donor or drafter of the inscription). It definitely doesn't mean "prime minister". Also, there is no historical evidence that "Rudraditya" was the name of Vakpati's prime minister -- that claim appears in the writings of Merutunga, whos is an extremely unreliable source: his accounts are little more than stories. utcursch | talk 09:48, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Ok, but what about vassal or feudatory of the Rashtrakuta ruler Krishna III. Srimant ROSHAN (talk) 15:04, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- As mentioned in my edit summary, "Vessel of Rashtrakuta" is not an office. Also, the period is unsourced. utcursch | talk 07:30, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
Kalinga (Historical region)
The user "Lancepark" again added south western part of West Bengal, although Sir you explained map is not sourced Kjhll (talk) 10:57, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
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- Thanks, and same to you! utcursch | talk 07:24, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
OR vandalism by new user/IP
Hello, these edits [10] look same as [11] and [12]. Same type of edits here also [13]. - 117.201.115.121 (talk) 10:21, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
Kalinga (historical region)
Sir please see this page. Jayanta2345 (talk) 03:37, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
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Architecture of Rasmancha, Bishnupur
Sir, one editor wrote lower portion of this temple reflects the influence of Indo-Islamic architecture, but Some portions of Chittorgarh fort, which was built before the Delhi sultans, have the same architecture. So my request please correct this portion of the article Jayanta2345 (talk) 05:09, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Jayanta2345: I'm not knowledgable enough about this topic to comment on the architecture type. I see you've already added a citation needed tag - you can remove the sentence per WP:BURDEN if a no citation is provided. utcursch | talk 05:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks for the Thanks. Also, I notice you've just created Vasudeva-hindi, so thanks for that, too. That reminded me that years ago I created this (now at {{Brihatkatha}}) slightly nonstandard navigation template (which is now a little more filled in). If you think it's of any use, I'd be happy to put it into mainspace; if not, not. Cheers. Phil wink (talk) 21:52, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Phil wink: I find it useful! Please do move it to mainspace and add it to the Brihatkatha-related articles. utcursch | talk 21:57, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
- Done I trust you will see elements that can be improved, and if so, of course, have at it. Cheers. Phil wink (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
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Sir, kindly please correct some lines of this article. I added "citation needed " tag. But some editors removed my tags without any reason. Kjhll (talk) 11:42, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Kjhll: The content is already cited: the citations are present at the end of the paragraphs - they should not be added after each word or sentence per WP:REPCITE. If you find that a particular portion of the paragraph is not supported by the reference cited at the end of the paragraph, you can add "{{verification failed}}" at the end of that portion. Also, instead of adding "<ref group="Citation needed ">[[Citation needed]]</ref>", you should simply add "{{citation needed}}" for unsourced material.
Ishan Kishan
I've just requested a temporary page protection on this which might help to calm things down a little. I've got a couple of questions about the page which I think you'll probably know more about than I do:
- do we call him Kishan or Ishan when referring to him in the prose? I've gone with Kishan, which would be the western standard, and I think that's right with names such as this, but the prose previously had him referred to by both names.
- is there any agreement about whether or not castes should be discussed in articles like this? It seems much less relevant to my mind, but it's something I see added occasionally to articles about cricketers and wondered if there was any general agreement that you were familiar with? I can't find anything at MOS:INDIA.
Thanks for stepping in on this one. Hopefully things will blow over in a day or so... Blue Square Thing (talk) 18:58, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
- @Blue Square Thing: Not sure about the surname -- Kishan seems to be OK. Caste should not be mentioned unless supported by a reliable source per WP:BLP, and it doesn't belong in the lead unless it's an important part of what made the person notable (e.g. for a Dalit leader) per MOS:CONTEXTBIO. To get more opinions, you can initiate a discussion on the article's talk page and drop a note at WT:IND. utcursch | talk 05:32, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. That all makes sense. Blue Square Thing (talk) 07:48, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, this IP have been removing 'Hinduism' from articles [14] [15]. I have reverted the last one since it is sourced and expanded in the article section under the Hindu tradition of 'Shaivism'. Please see. - 117.201.117.243 (talk) 11:38, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
- For Ashoka, it's best discussed on the talk page - I don't see it anywhere sourced in the article body. For Pala Empire, I dropped a note on the IP's talk page. utcursch | talk 15:23, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
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- @Packer&Tracker: Same to you! Hope this new year brings lots of joy to you and your family. utcursch | talk 11:04, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks! Could you please take a look here as well regarding the addition of Shivaji's signature to the infobox - 1 & 2. Any comment about the authenticity ? Packer&Tracker (remark) 11:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
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Eastern Ganga King Narashinga Deva was Odia or not
Sir, Contemporary inscriptions of Eastern Ganga King Narashinga deva did not say he was Odia or His mother tongue was Odia. But some editors said he was odia. Odia refers to mother tongue Odia also. So please correct this page. Kjhll (talk) 08:10, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Kjhll: I'm busy right now, but will take a look when free. Meanwhile, consider dropping a note at WT:IND. utcursch | talk 17:19, 3 January 2023 (UTC)